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Billy Sullivan Stats

Billy Sullivan was born on Monday, February 1, 1875, in Oakland, Wisconsin. Sullivan was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 13, 1899, with the Boston Beaneaters. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Sullivan baseball stats page.

"The sinewy (Billy) Sullivan excelled in all aspects of catching - calling the game, blocking the plate, catching foul pops, and throwing out runners. Ty Cobb called him the best catcher 'ever to wear shoe leather.'" - Researcher Dennis Bingham on BaseballLibrary.com (Billy Sullivan Biography Page)

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Birth Name:	William Joseph Sullivan
Nickname:	Billy
Born On:	02-01-1875
Born In:	Oakland, Wisconsin
Zodiac:	Aquarius
Died On:	01-28-1965
Died In:	Newberg, Oregon
Cemetery:	St. James Catholic Cemetery, McMinnville, Oregon

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09
Weight:	155
First Game:	09-13-1899 (Age 24)
Last Game:	04-15-1916
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1899	Beaneaters	22	74	10	20	2	0	2	0	12	1	-	-	0	-	3	-	.270	.308	.378
1900	Beaneaters	72	238	36	65	6	0	8	0	41	9	-	-	3	-	1	-	.273	.302	.399
1901	White Stockings	98	367	54	90	15	6	4	0	56	10	-	-	13	-	3	-	.245	.271	.351
1902	White Stockings	76	263	36	64	12	3	1	0	26	6	-	-	8	-	3	-	.243	.268	.323
1903	White Stockings	32	111	10	21	4	0	1	0	7	5	-	-	2	-	0	-	.189	.224	.252
1904	White Sox	108	371	29	85	18	4	1	0	44	12	-	-	11	-	1	-	.229	.255	.307
1905	White Sox	98	323	25	65	10	3	2	0	26	13	-	-	10	-	3	-	.201	.239	.269
1906	White Sox	118	387	37	83	18	4	2	0	33	22	-	-	20	-	3	-	.214	.262	.297
1907	White Sox	112	329	30	59	8	4	0	0	36	21	-	-	10	-	3	-	.179	.235	.228
1908	White Sox	137	430	40	82	8	4	0	0	29	22	-	-	21	-	3	-	.191	.235	.228
1909	White Sox	97	265	11	43	3	0	0	0	16	17	-	-	15	-	5	-	.162	.226	.174
1910	White Sox	45	142	10	26	4	1	0	0	6	7	-	-	1	-	1	-	.183	.227	.225
1911	White Sox	89	256	26	55	9	3	0	0	31	16	-	-	11	-	2	-	.215	.266	.273
1912	White Sox	41	91	9	19	2	1	0	0	15	9	-	-	7	-	1	-	.209	.287	.253
1914	White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	-	.000	.000	.000
1916	Tigers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	-	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years		1,147	3,647	363	777	119	33	21	0	378	170	-	0	132	-	32	-	.213	.254	.281

Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1899 Beaneaters	C	22	-	-	126	5.7	120	94	26	6	3	6	-	-	.952	0.00	-
1900 Beaneaters	2B	1	-	-	6	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1900 Beaneaters	C	66	-	-	306	4.6	298	227	71	8	10	21	-	-	.974	0.00	-
1900 Beaneaters	SS	1	-	-	6	6.0	5	2	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	0.00	-
1901 White Stockings	3B	1	-	-	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1901 White Stockings	C	97	-	-	517	5.3	500	396	104	17	13	13	-	-	.967	0.00	-
1902 White Stockings	1B	2	-	-	11	5.5	11	11	0	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1902 White Stockings	C	70	-	-	334	4.8	323	242	81	11	8	10	-	-	.967	0.00	-
1902 White Stockings	OF	2	-	-	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1903 White Stockings	C	31	-	-	160	5.2	158	123	35	2	1	8	-	-	.988	0.00	-
1904 White Sox	C	107	-	-	615	5.7	593	463	130	22	10	10	-	-	.964	0.00	-
1905 White Sox	1B	2	-	-	15	7.5	15	15	0	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1905 White Sox	3B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1905 White Sox	C	92	-	-	506	5.5	493	389	104	13	8	10	-	-	.974	0.00	-
1906 White Sox	C	118	-	-	625	5.3	609	475	134	16	7	11	-	-	.974	0.00	-
1907 White Sox	2B	1	-	-	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1907 White Sox	C	108	-	-	604	5.6	594	477	117	10	12	11	-	-	.983	0.00	-
1908 White Sox	C	137	-	-	720	5.3	709	553	156	11	11	9	-	-	.985	0.00	-
1909 White Sox	C	97	-	-	581	6.0	571	452	119	10	6	10	-	-	.983	0.00	-
1910 White Sox	C	45	-	-	370	8.2	361	290	71	9	5	7	-	-	.976	0.00	-
1911 White Sox	C	89	-	-	569	6.4	561	447	114	8	13	13	-	-	.986	0.00	-
1912 White Sox	C	41	-	-	204	5.0	199	147	52	5	4	1	-	-	.975	0.00	-
1914 White Sox	C	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	1.000	0.00	-
1916 Tigers	C	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
C Totals		1,122	0	0	6,238	5.6	6,090	4,776	1,314	148	111	140	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	--
1B Totals		4	0	0	26	6.5	26	26	0	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
3B Totals		2	0	0	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	--
OF Totals		2	0	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
2B Totals		2	0	0	10	5.0	10	5	5	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
SS Totals		1	0	0	6	6.0	5	2	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	0.00	--
16 Years		1,133	-	-	6,283	5.5	6,132	4,810	1,322	151	117	140	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	--

Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1899 Beaneaters	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	37.0	0.0	6.2	-	-	-
1900 Beaneaters	4	-	-	-	-	n/a	29.8	0.0	5.8	-	-	-
1901 White Stockings	12	-	-	-	-	n/a	91.8	0.0	6.6	-	-	-
1902 White Stockings	11	-	-	-	-	n/a	263.0	0.0	10.1	-	-	-
1903 White Stockings	3	-	-	-	-	n/a	111.0	0.0	15.9	-	-	-
1904 White Sox	11	-	-	-	-	n/a	371.0	0.0	8.4	-	-	-
1905 White Sox	14	-	-	-	-	n/a	161.5	0.0	12.4	-	-	-
1906 White Sox	10	-	-	-	-	n/a	193.5	0.0	11.7	-	-	-
1907 White Sox	6	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.1	-	-	-
1908 White Sox	15	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	14.8	-	-	-
1909 White Sox	9	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	16.6	-	-	-
1910 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	23.7	-	-	-
1911 White Sox	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.3	-	-	-
1912 White Sox	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	6.1	-	-	-
1914 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1916 Tigers	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	98	2	.980	-	-	n/a	173.7	0.0	9.6	-	-	-

Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1899 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1900 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1901 Chicago White Stockings	n/a	$2,400.00	n/a	n/a
1902 Chicago White Stockings	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1903 Chicago White Stockings	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1904 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1905 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1907 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1909 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1910 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1911 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1912 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1914 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1916 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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Did you know that Billy Sullivan's son, Billy Sullivan, Jr., was also a Major League catcher and when his son made it into the 1940 World Series the two backstops became the first father-son catchers to have played in a World Series?

What do Bill Bergen (1901 - 1911, catcher) and Billy Sullivan have in common? Their lifetime batting averages, .170 & .213 respectively, are the two lowest amongst all former players in history with at least 3,000 career at bats.

On June 22, 1909, Billy Sullivan was issued U.S. Patent # 925,851 for an inflatable chest protector that included hinges � two baseball catcher chest protector improvements that allowed for more freedom of movement and better protection from injury.

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